Levi pentz



L. PENTZ.

REIN HOLDER.

(No Model.)

Patented June 13 LNlTENTOR 7 ZWfi ATTORNEYS uv D. c.

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LEVI PENTZ, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES L. PAAR, HENRY W.WERTS, AND JOHN LAHM, OF SAME PLACE.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,333, dated June 13,1882.

Application filed February 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEVI PENTZ, of Canton, inthe county of Stark andState of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rein-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to rein-holders and a clamp for securing the sameto the dash-board of a vehicle; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction of said rein-holder and clamp, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view showin g my rein-holder in positionon a dash-board. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view with part removed,

showing more clearly the construction of my rein-holder. Figs. 3 anddaredetached views of some of the parts. Fig. 5 is a cross-section takenthrough line 0c :0, Fig. 1.

A is a dash-board of a vehicle.

B is a whip-socket.

O is a rein-holder constructed according to my invention.

D is a clamp for securing my rein-holder and also a whip-socket to thedash-board of a vehicle.

The construction of my rein-holder (J is as follows:

C is the body portion, and E is an arm extending out at a right angle tosaid body 0,

and then turning upward and running parallel to the same. Near the lowerend of the body 0, I provide a groove, (1, into which one of the jaws ofthe clamp D fits.

F is a piece of spring-wire, which is formed as shown in Fig. 4, one ofits ends, F, being bent U-shaped, so as to adapt it to fit between thelugs b and c, which are formed on thebody O. The other end of wire F isturned at a right angle, and is left free to slide between the body 0and plate G. The plate G is provided with two pins, (1 and e, which arecast or formed integral therewith. These two pins (1 and e fit intoholes f and g, and are riveted at their ends, and thus secure the plateG to the body 0, which acts in turn to keep the springFin place on saidbody 0. The

D is my clamp, which is formed as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, viz: His a ring which surrounds the whip-socket B, said ring being providedwith a jaw, h, and an adjustablejaw, 1', both jaws being curved in sucha manner that the opening between them will be shaped so as to snuglyembrace the grooved end of the rein-holder and also the upright end ofthe frame of the dash-board, and thus hold the whip-socket andrein-holder in place I in said dash-board.

What I claim is- 1. In a rein-holder, the combination, with a body-pieceprovided with outwardly-projecting lugs, and an arm arranged at one sideof the body-piece and parallel therewith, of a spring one end of whichis bent to engage with said lugs, while the remaining portion of saidspring is bent upwardly, then downwardly upon itself, and finallyinwardly to rest upon the body-piece, and a plate provided withprojecting lugs which are adaptedto enter perforations of thebody-piece, substantially as set forth.

2. In a rein-holder, the combination, with a body-pieceprovided withlugs for engaging a spring, and with an arm arranged at one side of andparallel with said body-piece, of a spring secured at one end withinsaid lugs, then extending upwardly, and then curved downwardly to form aV shaped opening between said spring and arm to receive the reins, and aplate adapted to be secured to said body-piece, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEVI PENTZ.

Y'Vitnesses:

' JOHN LAHM, O. L. PAAR.

